How to Run App as Administrator by Default in Windows 11

ammarjaved 

to save you all some pain, you need to do it from the start menu, not file explorer.

ammarjaved 

Dear sir

i have done the following for run as adminstratror for windows 11.

for example i have done for excel to open as run as adminstrator, in order to update external linked data. I wish always open run as adminstrator. i have done the following,

1. locate the file , by right click,

2. properties------->

3. short cut menu

4. Advanced

5. check the box "run as administrator"

6. In this case new excel opening by short cut is opens by "run as administrator". If you save the excel file and open it again , it is not opening in run as administrator . this Troubling in windows 11.

kindly help me . 

Thanks

sanjeev

I "thought" this might be how you consistently run a program as an administrator by default but it didn't work either:

START, All apps, find desired program, right-click More, Open file location; in list of programs (likely location is  C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs), right-click desired program, Properties; Open File Location [going to the location of WINWORD.EXE--or desired *.exe file--rather than the shortcut to it is very important otherwise the change will affect Word (or the desired app) only when you run it from Start menu or shortcut—going to the *.exe file takes you to the source of every app launch]; right click *.exe file, Properties; from the Security tab, under Group or user names, click Users—note only Read & execute and Read are checked; (if you compare those rights with Administrators rights, you will see that Administrators have Full control, Modify, Read & Execute, Read, and Write all checked, so you need to check all boxes for Users by changing permissions); To change permissions, click Edit; click Users;  check Full control, Modify, and Write, OK, OK.

ammarjaved 

So my guess is that the OP wants what I want...

I'm sick of having to go back (only after the tedious troubleshooting resulting in the determination that one must run that app "as an Administrator".

I'm not on a network of any kind...

SO.....

Why not set an option (and it can be deep deep deep so as to not mistakenly select it...) to AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCH ALL PROGRAMS "as an Administrator".

ammarjaved 

Hello and good day. I have done what the instructions said and it's still asking for permission when I start the game. It's a game from STEAM. I have it downloaded on my external HD that's duck taped to my $1600 asus gaming laptop lol. I also have not done a restart as I had just done one literally right before and didn't think of it until typing this... I'm having no issues at the moment either except I would like to have this permission thing changed for this one game. It's the only game that asks for it every time so it's just annoying I guess. I learned I could do this from doing a Google search. Maybe I'll go back into the properties and take a second look or just try again. I just don't want to go poking around and mess things up by poking aroundand tryingto change things. Thanks for reading and taking the time to respond if you do. I did not even look at the date from the original post but you folks are usually pretty fast to respond considering the sheer size of the company and its customer base. Thanks.

Brad

ammarjaved 

I have a nice program called QuickLook that I simply want installed in Program Files instead of User/myname/AppData which I think is absolutely retarded.

So rather than give admin access to the c:/program files/ directory to every app I want to install, I would like to run the installer as Admin. This should grant RW access to the program files directory. 

I can't find the Run As Admin option in the context menu and can't set the compatibility mode settings they are greyed out. Is it impossible to run an .msi file as admin? Any suggestions

ammarjaved 

Where is it?